Suppose that you have been watching a figure skating competition. You close your eyes and you try to remember how the last skater performed her final jump, then glided to the center of the rink and finished with a spin

The component of your working memory that is now most active is
a. the phonological loop.
b. the visuospatial sketchpad.
c. the episodic buffer.
d. the central executive


Ans: b

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Which of the following is FALSE

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The secondary motor areas are located in the brain ______ to the primary motor cortex.

A. posterior B. anterior C. dorsal D. superior

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a. accepting a financial loss. b. accepting a financial gain. c. losing a little part of our self. d. losing something of high objective value.

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